We're desperate for a baby: Heartbreak of couple who have suffered 12 miscarriages in just three years

A couple have revealed how they have suffered 12 miscarriages in just three years.

Sara Smith, 43, has been pregnant 12 times over the past 36 months, but not one of the pregnancies has lasted more than 12 weeks.

Sara, who has been with her partner Adam Smith, 35, for the past six years was baffled when she was unable to carry a baby to full-term.

She already had two children, Brogan, 18 and Sam, 11, from a previous relationship.

Baby blues: Sara Smith suffered twelve miscarriages during the past three years

Private
doctors told her that her genes were 'too compatible' with her other
half's and that her body would attack any resulting embryo. It was
therefore almost impossible for her to have a full pregnancy.

Sara
from Sunderland, said despite having so many miscarriages her desire to
have a child with Adam meant she felt unable to stop trying.

But
after enduring heartache after heartache, she has now had a
contraceptive injection to prevent her suffering any further
miscarriages.

She said: 'I wanted have a baby with Adam because he doesn't have any children.

'I used to go on the internet at four or five o'clock in the morning and think there must be some other people like me.

'I couldn't find any help. I couldn't find anybody to talk to. I remember when I had my third miscarriage and I was looking on the internet and found a woman who had had seven.

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Her partner Adam, said: 'It's sad and very frustrating because the amount of miscarriages we have had have just been mind blowing. We have tried everything.

'Sara had injection after injection and every time we got to eight, nine and ten weeks we went from having a healthy baby to no baby.

'It's testament to Sara and her personality that she's managed to fight through it and come out a stronger person.'

The couple said they stopped telling anyone that they were expecting.

They have spent thousands of pounds on steroid injections and other treatments they hoped would help but, they say, the treatments didn't work and doctors were baffled.

And in July last year, when Sara, a bellydancer, miscarried for the twelfth time she was told enough was enough - and they would have to accept they probably wouldn't have a baby.

Sara said: 'Now I have a contraceptive implant in my arm so I can't get pregnant.

'I can have it taken out and if we win the Lottery I might and have one more try.

'But now I've got stronger I want to help women if they want to talk to someone.

'Today I feel like a different person. Everything in life is meant to be. It makes you sad but it's made me stronger and there are people worse off. I have got my life back.'

Menem Yossry, a consultant gynaecologist with a special interest in fertility at Sunderland Royal, explained: 'If she has a problem with her genes or her partner and it's passed on to the baby, that's why they have a problem and don't survive.'

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We're desperate for a baby: Heartbreak of couple who have suffered 12 miscarriages in just three years